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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Block \Block\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blocked}; p. pr & vb n. {Blocking}.] [Cf. F. bloquer fr bloc block. See {Block}, n.] 1. To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prevent passage from through or into by obstructing the way -- used both of persons and things -- often followed by up as to block up a road or harbor. With moles . . . would block the port. --Rowe. A city . . . besieged and blocked about --Milton. 2. To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each 3. To shape on or stamp with a block; as to block a hat. {To block out}, to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out roughly; to lay out as to block out a plan From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blocking \Block"ing\, n. 1. The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks. 2. Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: blocking n : the act of blocking someone's path with your body (as in football); "he threw a rolling block into the line backer" [syn: {block}, {interference}]
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